Emotions are a central part in how we operate day-to-day. It's in our human nature to feel emotional and be sensitive towards different aspects of life. We all have strong feelings and sometimes we don't know what to do with them. Our guest today shares how to manage these strong emotions and feelings in a healthy way.
This week, we are talking with Arlina Allen, Life & Recovery Coach, Founder of Sober Life School, and Host of the award-winning Recovery podcast, "The ODAAT Chat Podcast". Arlina has been sober since 4/23/94, married for 23 years, and is a mother of two amazing boys.
Her class "Reinvent-How To Rebuild Self-Esteem & End Self-Sabotage" is being taught to those who've suffered from low self-esteem, codependency, workaholism and many other issues. It is also being taught in the CA and AZ Prison System to help provide healthy coping skills to inmates before they are released.
In this episode, Arlina shares her personal recovery journey and how she was able to find freedom in expressing her emotions in a healthy way. We discuss why living in guilt and shame is detrimental to the recovery journey and how to shift our mindset around our past experiences. Arlina also shares the importance of gratitude and how it allows us to be present with our emotions.
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Positive Recovery is an evidence-based addiction curriculum that links the best of the old with the new, integrating existing effective approaches to treatment with interventions that enhance well-being by cultivating its components: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and achievement.
